344 NIMROD OP THE SEA; OS, 



through it. Ah me ! we might have had two hundred bar- 

 rels of oil alongside. 



Sept. 4. Lowered for whales, but they fought shy. The 

 second mate had to caution his new boat-steerer against 

 breaking his oar, in his frantic efforts to lift the boat from 

 sea to sea. But his time had not come yet. 



